Attitudes towards scientific research among nursing students from 3 schools from the Sao Paulo countryside

The nursing research among undergraduate students develop the logical and critical thinking that are important to the professional. So, it is necessary to have content about research in the beginning of the undergraduate courses. The quantitative study identified the attitudes about nursing research of the undergraduate students. It was investigated 248 undergraduate students of the 1o., 3o. 8o. semesters in three nursing schools of the Sao Paulo State. It was utilized Likert Scales as a instrument of data collection. The results showed that the students have responsible attitudes of the research. The students from the 1o. semesters are less conscious about the results of research comparable to the intuition and personal experience. They are interested in of discuss the results of the research with colleagues. Most of the students agree that is fundamental to conduct research with the faulty members.